Operational forest restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully: Part 2

Abstract

Kukutaaruhe Gully is a minor branch of Hamilton’s extensive gully system, and runs from the corner of Bankwood and Clarkin Road, behind Fairfield College, connecting with Donny Park in the north and out into the Waikato River. The Kukutaaruhe Education Trust was established to support the implementation of the Fairfield Project, which is a partnership between Ngati Wairere, local community and Fairfield College. The project’s goals include the establishment of an ecological and environmental education centre on the approximately 12 ha of land behind Fairfield College and restoration of the adjacent Kukutaaruhe Gully. In 2019, the University of Waikato’s Environmental Research Institute was contracted by the Kukutaaruhe Education Trust to create an Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully. This is one in a three-part series created together under one contract: • Part 1 of 3 is an Overview of the Kukutaaruhe Gully Restoration Initiative • Part 2 of 3 is this document, the Operational Forest Restoration plan for Kukutaaruhe Gully • Part 3 of 3 is an Ecological Restoration Plan Template.